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All-time leader79.6Franz Kafka
1910s×Writers×

James Joyce

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2nd76.0

Franz Kafka

Writers

1st79.6 · mom 2

Helen Keller

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3rd69.8 · mom 4
Franz Kafka leads this board.

All-time score 79.6, ahead of James Joyce by 3.6.

Chasing the podium
  1. 4thThomas MannWriters67.3
  2. 5thVirginia WoolfWriters66.7
  3. 6thHermann HesseWriters66.5
  4. 7thJack LondonWriters63.6
  5. 8thLu XunWriters63.5
  6. 9thStefan ZweigWriters63.0
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PlaceNameCountryCategoryAll-time
10th, stableRainer Maria RilkeWriters · 1875-1926GermanyGermanyWriters61.4mom 111th, stableGuillaume ApollinaireWriters · 1880-1918FranceFranceWriters59.5mom 512th, risingJuan Ramón JiménezWriters · 1881-1958SpainSpainWriters58.9mom 1113th, fallingAlexander BlokWriters · 1880-1921Writers57.8mom 114th, stableCarl JungWriters · 1875-1961SwitzerlandSwitzerlandWriters55.5mom 115th, risingRoger Martin du GardWriters · 1881-1958FranceFranceWriters55.5mom 1916th, stableYanka KupalaWriters · 1882-1942Writers53.9mom 117th, stableSigrid UndsetWriters · 1882-1949NorwayNorwayWriters53.7mom 1518th, risingOswald SpenglerWriters · 1880-1936GermanyGermanyWriters53.4mom 419th, stableAleksey TolstoyWriters · 1882-1945Writers53.2mom 320th, stablePremchandWriters · 1880-1936IndiaIndiaWriters51.4mom 221st, fallingAntonio MachadoWriters · 1875-1939SpainSpainWriters51.2mom 0

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German writer (1880-1952)

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